This message he entrusted to the herald and sent him away. And when the Assyrians heard it, they did everything they could to persuade the king to accept the proposal, and to leave as little of the war as possible.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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